Published 05-09-11
Submitted by VolunteerMatch
VolunteerMatch, the Web's most popular network for volunteer engagement, will announce the winners of its Corporate Volunteer Awards on May 12 at the VolunteerMatch Client Summit in Chicago, Illinois.
VolunteerMatch, a national nonprofit based in San Francisco, strengthens communities by making it easier for good people and good causes to connect. The service supports an online community of organizations, businesses, schools, volunteer centers and municipalities that share a commitment to engaging volunteers in the United States and beyond. Last year more than 8 million volunteers, 140 companies and tens of thousands of nonprofit organizations participated in VolunteerMatch programs.
This will be the fifth year that VolunteerMatch has presented its awards, which support VolunteerMatch's mission by recognizing excellence in volunteer engagement and social impact in the VolunteerMatch family of corporate clients. Winners and finalists have not only achieved success in their own volunteer programs, they also serve as models for how companies of all sizes can inspire and engage employees and consumers in making a difference.
The award categories this year include:
Finalists for this award include: Exelon Corporation, Google, Inc., Los Alamos National Laboratory, Morgan Stanley, and UnitedHealth Group.
Finalists for this award include: Amway Corporation, Boehringer Ingelheim, Hagerty Insurance, Logicalis, and NV Energy.
To check out the VolunteerMatch Client Summit and Corporate Volunteer Awards on Twitter, follow @VM_Solutions (hashtag #vmcs11).
To learn more about the VolunteerMatch Corporate Volunteer Awards, visit:
http://www.volunteermatchsummit.org/Awards/105
To learn more about this year's finalists, visit:
http://is.gd/9eiIuY
To learn more about the VolunteerMatch Client Summit, visit:
http://www.volunteermatchsummit.org
About VolunteerMatch
VolunteerMatch is a national nonprofit dedicated to strengthening communities by helping good people and good causes to connect. Its award-winning online service, www.volunteermatch.org, makes it easy to find a way to make a difference by location, expertise, or availability. VolunteerMatch provides many of the nation's most recognized businesses, campuses and organizations with Web-based solutions to facilitate and track volunteer engagement at local and national levels. The VolunteerMatch network regularly welcomes more than 190,000 visitors each week and has become the preferred volunteer recruiting service for tens of thousands of participating nonprofits.
VolunteerMatch believes everyone should have the chance to make a difference. As the Web's largest volunteer engagement network, serving over 122,000 participating nonprofits, 100 network partners, and 13 million annual visitors, VolunteerMatch offers unique, award-winning solutions for individuals, nonprofits and companies to make this vision a reality. Since its launch in 1998, VolunteerMatch has helped the social sector attract more than $13 billion worth of volunteer services. Learn more about VolunteerMatch at VolunteerMatch.org, and follow @VolunteerMatch.
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